06/12/2026
Happy Friday Friends!
This week we want to dive into impacted wisdom teeth.
Pictured below is a close up of a panoramic x-ray of one of our patients whose wisdom tooth in the upper left jaw was pressing smack dab into the neighboring molar. Ouch! Except... actually, it only just started bothering this patient. However, the damage has been occurring for years. Unfortunately, by the time it was addressed the damage to the bone on the neighboring tooth was catastrophic and the tooth just could not be saved. 49% of the time, an impacted wisdom tooth will
resorb the 12 year molars, and, in some cases, result in the loss of the otherwise perfectly healthy tooth.
Wisdom teeth can be very sneaky. Just because there is no pain, does not necessarily mean the tooth does not need to be removed. Aside from damage to the neighboring teeth, they are also linked to heart attacks, strokes, and, in women, low birth weight pregnancies. If the tooth is popping through the gum tissue, 33% of those teeth are silently infected.
Don't wait until they become a problem. Call us today at 810.229.9180 to schedule a consultation to evaluate your wisdom teeth.
Have a great weekend, friends!